Marcus Grant

In his teens Marcus, represented England in the under 18s rugby squad but sadly broke his ankle shortly after resulting in him not being able to play again for a few years due to a slow, painful recovery :(.

Marcus applied to DS6 of the Data School after attending an in-depth 1 day Tableau 101 workshop with The Information Lab where he got his first taste of what Tableau has to offer when it comes to analysing and visualising data.

Marcus fell in love with data whilst working in the NHS using various data analytical methodologies to reduce the amount spent on clinical events which lead to one organisation saving over £20,000 in that financial year. Since then Marcus has seeked out roles that included working with medium to large datasets in which he can put his curious and analytical mind to work on.

In his free time Marcus enjoys playing/watching rugby, gaming (PC and PS4), calisthenics, travelling and spending time with his family.

Blog Posts

Fri 15 Sep 2017 | Marcus Grant

A Data School Reflection - The Final Week

Mon 11 Sep 2017 | Marcus Grant

Analytics Pane in Tableau - Reference Lines and Bands

This blog is part 1 of a ‘Tableau Analytics Pane’ series where I will be explaining the features within the Analytics Pane. Intro Reference Lines and Bands are a very handy way of seeing how well something is performing against a target value or range of values

Thu 10 Aug 2017 | Marcus Grant

Nutrient Data for various cola brands: Dashboard Week Day 4

Having been away from the Data School since Tuesday (attending my sister’s wedding), I returned to day 4 of Dashboard Week with a challenge of downloading the nutritional information csv’s for 457 different colas on the USDA website

Mon 07 Aug 2017 | Marcus Grant

Kobe Bryant v Michael Jordan: Dashboard Week Day 1

So the dreaded Dashboard week is finally upon us! Having read the many blogs before starting Data School, one thing that stood out the most to me is how much everyone disliked Dashboard week

Tue 11 Jul 2017 | Marcus Grant

Beginners guide to building a highlight table with marginal histograms

Hello and good day! Week 5 at the Data School has kicked off to a flying start with learning lots of table calculations and LODs and also consisted of tests from Andy to see if we can build what he has up on the screen using the skills taught to us over the past few days

Fri 07 Jul 2017 | Marcus Grant

Quick ways to reshape your data in Excel for use in Tableau

Where the hell did that last month go? The 4th week at the Data School has come to an end after a long long long long…

Wed 28 Jun 2017 | Marcus Grant

Beginner Alteryx tips - Error spotting sooner rather than later

So we’ve finished our second day of Alteryx and have started doing more complex workflows and data cleansing methods. I would like to share a few tips I learnt today which as an Alteryx beginner, made my life so much easier whenever I ran into a problem

Tue 27 Jun 2017 | Marcus Grant

Alteryx - Get the most output from your input... data tool

Week 3, Day 2 of Data School kicked off with an introduction to Alteryx, followed by a bunch of hands-on scenarios taught by Chris Love

Sat 17 Jun 2017 | Marcus Grant

A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor

We survived the first week of Data School! This first week of Data School has been a good mix of fun and challenging

Tue 13 Jun 2017 | Marcus Grant

The start of a new chapter